It's Official: CNN Drops AP Subscription — As TVNewser first reported earlier this month, CNN is dropping its subscription to the Associated Press, effective immediately. — CNN's own newsgathering operation will be the primary source of content on CNN, CNN.com and CNN Radio.

Arthur Brisbane Is Times's New Public Editor — The New York Times announced today that Arthur Brisbane, a longtime journalist, will become its new public editor. Here's an edited draft of the memo sent out by the company:

The Internet's Best Media Provocateur — Michael Wolff continues to draw scorn from the High Ambassadors of journalism. Why? He doesn't care what anyone thinks about him. — By now it's an unremarkable fact that men and women in the media—print, online, broadcast …

Sources: Conde Nast to Revive Gourmet Brand — Earlier this year, we told you how Conde Nast was considering licensing some of its brands. This is an idea that had been on the table for years, but Si Newhouse always frowned upon it (why cheapen your brand and take focus off the printed magazine?).

The New Yorker Sings ‘O Canada’ — The new issue of The New Yorker magazine might as well be called The Canadian. Yes, The Canadian. — The issue, which is coming out on Monday, has a cover date of June 28. Inside, every ad page other than a house ad has been sold to Canadians …

Aol Wants a Peek at Confidential Comcast-NBCU Filings — Today, June 21 is the last day for companies and individuals to file comments with the FCC on the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger. — In between dozens of letters of support and opposition filed to the commission today were a pair …

Memo Pad: Time Taps Frederick... Polyvore Gets Linked... PRELUDE TO A REBOOT: Time magazine on Friday tapped longtime reporter and editor Jim Frederick to oversee its Web site, and immediately supplied him with marching orders. “We're already talking about a comprehensive redesign and rethink of the site …

Lance Armstrong's tiff with Outside magazine — The editors of Outside magazine have posted a reply on-line to Lance Armstrong's Twitter critique, last week, of the July cover image — an image that he referred to as “lame bulls**t” — depicting him wearing a blue t-shirt emblazoned with the words “38.

Hacks/Hackers, Mozilla team up for Peer-to-Peer course — One of the standing features of Knight's Future of News and Civic Media conference is an award for collaborations that arise during the conference. And one winner this year was Hacks/Hackers — the journalists-and-programmers Meetup …

Seeking a return to civility in online comments — Some editors were sitting in a news meeting one morning not long ago, bemoaning the often outrageous, intolerant and hateful online “comments” attached to stories on The News Web site, when News Business Editor Grove Potter uttered a simple but eloquent truth:

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